2026 TASP Fall Convention Hub

 Boots on the Ground: Supporting All Students

November 5-7, 2026 I Denton, TX

Thursday, November 5th

8:00am-4:00pm:

PC1: Beyond Self Care Preventing Secondary Trauma & Burnout: The CE-CERT Model; Dr. Michael Gomez

PC2: Keeping Our Boots Planted on Solid Ground: Being Equipped for Challenging ARDs; Nicole Price

5:00pm-7:30pm:

KN: Shifting From What’s Wrong to What’s Strong; Dr. Byron McClure

Friday, November 6th

8:00am-11:15am:

FS1: Understanding Masking in Females with Autism: Clinical and Educational Perspectives; Dr. Adrianna Chaparro

FS2: Embracing Modern Media: Integrating Movies, Games, Anime, & Graphic Novels into Therapeutic Practice; Rene Hernandez

FS3: Single-Session Thinking in Schools: Expanding the Toolbox for School-Based Mental Health Professionals; Dr. Deborah Healy

FS4: Beyond the Device: The School Psychologist’s Role in Supporting AAC; Landon Brown

FS5: Strengths-Based Assessment Using AI; Dr. Byron McClure

FS6: Identities and Advocacy for Early Career Practitioners & Graduate Students; Jade Miller

1:00pm-4:15pm Breakout Sessions:

FS7: On the Winding Trail of ED: Navigating Emotional Disability Identification; Nicole Price

FS8: Family Experience Panel

FS9: Social Justice; Dr. Tiffany Phillips

FS10: Ethics, Smartphones, Social Media, and Sanity: Engaging Parents with Practical Tools; Dr. Adrienne DiMatteo

1:00pm-2:30pm Mini Skills Sessions:

MS1: BASC-4: A Comprehensive System of Behavioral and Emotional Assessment: Sponsored by Pearson Assessments; Theo Miron

MS2: The Female Autism Phenotype: Focus on Early Identification of Autism in Girls from Prekindergarten Through Fifth Grade; Elise Marrie, Emily Armstrong, and Dr. Wendi Johnson

2:45pm-4:15pm Mini Skills Sessions:

MS3: Beyond Language: Using Nonverbal Cognitive Assessment to Reveal True Ability, Sponsored by Riverside Assessments; Dr. Frank Dykes

MS4: Serving Students in the Adoption and Foster Care Systems; Isabella Iven

Saturday, November 7th

8:30am-11:45am:

FS11: What You Need to Know About Special Education Discipline; Andrea Gulley

FS12: Finding Your Footing: From Graduate Student to School Psychologist; Alex Byrd

FS13: Ethically Bootstrapping the Critical Shortage of School Psychologists; Dr. Daniel McCleary

FS14: Beyond Defiance: A Framework for Understanding Emotional Dysregulation; Andrea Higgins

FS15: Peeling Back the Layers: Applying Exclusionary Factors in Bilingual Evaluations; Carmen Alicia Cisneroz & Carmen Needham